Korba climate

Name: Korba
Address: IN

Korba is warmest in May, with average highs of 41 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 12 °C. July is the wettest month (423 mm) and November the driest (9.9 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Korba averages 1,454 mm of rain and 343 days above 25 °C.

India · population 419,146 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month May 41 °C
Coldest month January 12 °C
Driest month November 10 mm
Wettest month July 423 mm
Least cloud February 17 % cloud
Hottest on record May 47 °C
Coldest on record January 6.0 °C

What to expectKorba through the year

Korba has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in January to 41 °C in May, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 343 days a year reach 25 °C, 203 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 423 mm against 10 mm in November — 43 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.9 °C	18 mm	19 %
February	29.8 °C	13 mm	17 %
March	34.8 °C	15 mm	19 %
April	39.1 °C	13 mm	23 %
May	40.9 °C	14 mm	27 %
June	35.6 °C	234 mm	71 %
July	30.1 °C	423 mm	93 %
August	29.5 °C	411 mm	93 %
September	30.2 °C	233 mm	76 %
October	30.4 °C	61 mm	38 %
November	28.5 °C	10 mm	22 %
December	26.2 °C	10 mm	18 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	25.9 °C	12.2 °C	19.1 °C	33.4 °C	6.0 °C	20	1
February	29.8 °C	15.2 °C	22.7 °C	37.4 °C	7.4 °C	26	14
March	34.8 °C	19.5 °C	27.5 °C	42.3 °C	11.9 °C	31	28
April	39.1 °C	23.9 °C	31.8 °C	45.1 °C	16.9 °C	30	30
May	40.9 °C	27.1 °C	34.2 °C	46.8 °C	21.9 °C	31	31
June	35.6 °C	26.6 °C	30.8 °C	46.2 °C	21.9 °C	30	26
July	30.1 °C	24.5 °C	26.8 °C	38.8 °C	22.6 °C	30	17
August	29.5 °C	24.1 °C	26.4 °C	34.2 °C	21.8 °C	31	14
September	30.2 °C	23.5 °C	26.5 °C	34.1 °C	18.9 °C	30	19
October	30.4 °C	20.4 °C	25.2 °C	34.5 °C	13.5 °C	31	19
November	28.5 °C	15.9 °C	22.2 °C	32.5 °C	10.0 °C	29	5
December	26.2 °C	12.5 °C	19.2 °C	30.5 °C	6.5 °C	24	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	18 mm	2	11 h/day	19 %	57 %	10 km/h
February	13 mm	2	11 h/day	17 %	48 %	11 km/h
March	15 mm	2	12 h/day	19 %	38 %	12 km/h
April	13 mm	3	13 h/day	23 %	33 %	13 km/h
May	14 mm	4	13 h/day	27 %	35 %	14 km/h
June	234 mm	18	13 h/day	71 %	64 %	14 km/h
July	423 mm	27	13 h/day	93 %	85 %	13 km/h
August	411 mm	27	13 h/day	93 %	87 %	12 km/h
September	233 mm	20	12 h/day	76 %	83 %	11 km/h
October	61 mm	7	12 h/day	38 %	73 %	9.2 km/h
November	10 mm	1	11 h/day	22 %	63 %	9.0 km/h
December	10 mm	1	11 h/day	18 %	60 %	9.6 km/h

How Korba compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Korba	41 °C	12 °C	1,454 mm	343
Bilāspur · India	41 °C	13 °C	1,381 mm	346
Raigarh · India	41 °C	13 °C	1,521 mm	350
Sambalpur · India	40 °C	14 °C	1,478 mm	353
Raipur · India	41 °C	13 °C	1,365 mm	346
Durg · India	41 °C	13 °C	1,293 mm	344

Where Korba ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Asia in April	19thof 50	39 °C
The warmest places in Asia in May	26thof 50	41 °C
The warmest places in the world in May	28thof 50	41 °C
The warmest places in the world in April	40thof 50	39 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Korba.

QuestionsCommon questions about Korba’s climate

When is the best time to visit Korba?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, November, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, May is the warmest month and November the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Korba get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 41 °C. About 203 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 12 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Korba?

July, averaging 423 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is November with 10 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,454 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Korba rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.